“Biden is just fine, thank you.” Although the cover-up of Biden’s decline went on for at least four years, it got particularly aggressive in 2024. It had to if Democrats were going to counter the growing chatter that Biden’s physical and mental acuity were deteriorating quickly. The June presidential debate made denialism impossible.
“The exploding federal debt is not a problem.” Only last June, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reassured the public that the federal debt ($34.7 trillion at the time) was not a major concern. She told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, “If the debt is stabilized relative to the size of the economy, we’re in a reasonable place.”
Now that Democrats have lost the presidential election, Yellen is worried about the debt. She recently told The Wall Street Journal, “Well, I am concerned about fiscal sustainability, and I am sorry that we haven’t made more progress. I believe that the deficit needs to be brought down, especially now that we’re in an environment of higher interest rates.”
Had Biden (or Vice President Harris) won the election, Yellen would still be reassuring the public and the media the debt wasn’t a problem, because the plan was to spend even more. Instead, she’s trying to salvage her tattered professional reputation, because if the country goes over the fiscal cliff, people will know who to blame.
“I will not pardon him.” That was Biden’s June 13 response to a direct question as to whether he would issue a presidential pardon for his son Hunter. Both Joe and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeated the assertion several times. And many Democrats publicly claimed they believed it — but hardly anyone else did.
Anyone, any administration, that will go to the efforts Team Biden did to deceive the public about the president’s physical and mental decline won’t have a problem telling them one more lie.
These are some of Biden’s most blatant lies — lies that could have broad political, financial and international implications. And they required Biden’s closest aides and supporters to perpetuate them and the mainstream media to largely ignore them.
